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Massachusetts’ New Trade Secrets Law (MUTSA): the Text
Last week, I posted an article explaining the new noncompete and trade secrets law reform legislation passed by the Massachusetts Legislature. See Massachusetts noncompete and trade secret reform has...
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Massachusetts’ New Noncompete Law: the Text
Last week, I posted an article explaining the new noncompete and trade secrets law reform legislation passed by the Massachusetts Legislature. See Massachusetts noncompete and trade secret reform has...
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Massachusetts Noncompete Law and Trade Secrets Law Signed Into Law!
Governor Baker just signed the noncompete and trade secrets bills. They are now law. Here is what you need to know: Massachusetts noncompete and trade secret reform has arrived: What you need to know....
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Do we need a replacement for the janitor rule?
By Ghenady (Working man) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsBack in July, I posted a story about how courts and lawyers frequently assess whether a...
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Consideration under the New Massachusetts Noncompete Law: Compromise Happens
It’s just over a year since the “new” Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act took effect, and it already has had some very tangible, positive effects. However, one aspect of the new law — namely,...
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Massachusetts Is Considering a New Noncompete Exemption for Physician Assistants
Since the beginning of this year (2019), the Massachusetts legislature has been quietly considering adding another exemption to its noncompete laws. This one would be for physician assistants (PAs)....
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Massachusetts Legislature Considers It’s First Clarification Of Its New...
Earlier this year, Senator Bruce Tarr introduced a bill to address one of the open issues under the new noncompete law. Specifically, the new noncompete law prohibits the enforcement of noncompetes...
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Quick Tips for the New Year: What to Know About The Recent and Upcoming...
New year, new laws, new issues: First, at the state level… A number of states have modified their noncompete laws last year: Florida: banned noncompetes for specialist physicians in certain underserved...
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Year-End Update on the Continuing Massachusetts Noncompete Legislative Efforts
With the 2019-2020 legislative session coming to an end in Massachusetts, below is the status of all outstanding noncompete-related legislation pending at the statehouse. Background After a...
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Quick Update: Massachusetts Legislature Formal Session Ends with No New...
The formal session of the Massachusetts legislature ended on July 31. During the session, five bills to amend the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (MNAA) had been introduced, together with...
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